Sabbath School Action Units
Imagine a Sabbath School where there is optimum participation,
fellowship, and learning. Each class of six to eight people has an
outreach leader, an outreach plan, and twenty minutes to talk about it
every Sabbath morning. This is the Sabbath School Action Unit plan—
a simple plan whose ultimate goal is to organize, equip, and mobilize
the church to complete the task of Global Mission. As this dynamic
program of nurture and outreach has spread around the world, it has
met with tremendous success. We thought you would enjoy a few
comments from members and world leaders who share, with excite-
ment, their experiences with Action Units:
"The Sabbath School Action Unit plan is God's plan for a finished
work in the African-Indian Ocean Division and in all the world."
—Janice Emanuel, Sabbath School director, African-Indian Ocean
Division.
"I couldn't see . . . church without it [the Sabbath School Action
Unit plan]."—George Soya, pastor, Richland, Washington.
"Everything new brings resistance. But this was not the case with
Sabbath School Action Units. . . . Sabbath School seems to be more
dynamic, more enthusiastic, and participation is great. It has brought a
breath of fresh air into the whole church program."—Jose Silva, youth
director, South American Division.
"This is the best plan I've seen to revitalize the church in many
years."—Letter sent to Jose Silva, youth director, South American
Division.
"Realizing that the work will not be finished unless the majority of
our members work together with our ministers, . . . Sabbath School
Action Units provide the method to involve everybody—adult and
youth—in reaching our goal. We want Sabbath School Action Units in
every church in the Far East."—Dr. Jonathan Kuntaraf, Church Minis-
tries, Far Eastern Division.
"After 13 years in Sabbath School, only now has it become mean-
ingful to me."—Church member, Durban, South Africa.
"Now our Sabbath School has come alive. Our members have be-
come active."—Church member, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
"For the first time old and young are teamed up, talking, listening to,
and praying for one another."—Church member, Johannesburg, South
Africa.
"It is the most efficient means of spiritual revival in the church."
—Church member, Yaounde Center, Camaroun.
Information on Sabbath School Action Units is available from Elder
Calvin Smith, Church Ministries Department, General Conference.
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